april 2014 parish of killay magazine

Parish of Killay

Parish MagazineSt Hilary and St Martin

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Parish of Killay -‐ Who’s WhoVicar: The Revd. Timothy J. Williams The Vicarage, 30 Goetre Fach Road, Killay, Swansea ) 01792 204233

St Hilary'sReaders: David Morgan

Eucharistic Assistants: Gillian Hutchinson, David Morgan, Eileen Nielsen, Alan PickardChurchwardens: Valerie Beynon ) 204352 Roy Chapman ) 204766Church Treasurer: Pam Davies ) 208506Assistant Treasurer: Alan Pickard ) 204717Sacristan: Tom Bartley ) 204915Servers: Beryl Claybrook, Catherine Swain, Tom Bartley, Steve Lewis, Howard Phillips, Bryan Smale, John Williams, Stephanie BudskiPCC Secretary: Eileen Nielsen ) 520685Parish Centre Booking Secretary: Eileen Nielsen ) 07902844379 or 520685Envelopes/Gift Aid Scheme: Ken James ) 205963Junior Church Enquiries: Father Tim

Organist/Choirmaster: Peter Carder Please send text message to 07530025275 Or email [email protected]

St Martin'sChurchwardens: Elaine Graves )207126 Colin Williams )201364

Parish MagazineEditor: Father TimCopy Editor: Roger Rees ([email protected]) ) 207916Commissioning Editor and Printer: Eric ThomasAdvertising & Distribution: Ken James

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The Vicar Writes……April 2014

ear FriendsIn summer 1858 Parliament had to be suspended because of the vile smell, which has

been named the 'Great Stink' when there was a massive overflow of raw sewage into the streets. As a result, Parliament passed an enabling act to raise £3m to build a network of giant intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works in London, designed by the engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. 2010 saw the beginning of London’s 1,300 mile sewerage system half a billion pounds upgrade, the system needed new underground chambers. As London grows and the climate produces more flash storms, new storage chambers are required to prevent a 21st century Great Stink. As we walk the city streets, we’re not normally aware of the effluent flowing beneath us. Nor are we aware, in the normal course of events, of the undercurrents of violence, pain and corruption that lie beneath the surface of our society and, in most cases, of our own lives. Occasionally something happens to reveal them and we have to face their sometimes devastating effect.

The events on a hill outside Jerusalem that we recall on Good Friday revealed a brutal and cynical aspect of the Judaeo-‐Roman culture of the time. But Christ’s death also had cosmic significance. It reflected what human beings down the centuries and all over the world have been capable of. It revealed a rebelliousness against goodness, love and God that lies beneath the surface of many people and is part of our culture as well as many others.

The new underground chambers store London’s sewage until it is passed to treatment works in Beckton and Crossness. Here it is turned into electricity. Good Friday is "good" because Christ’s death and subsequent resurrection is seen as a way of preventing “The Great Stink” of humanity at its worst from overrunning us. Instead our human waste is converted into something purposeful and creative. Let’s allow the remembrance of those events on Mount Golgotha to remind us of the harsh realities of our world and the joy of the Resurrection on Easter Day to remind us of the possibility of its transformation through the Love of God.

I hope that people will make a special effort to come to church on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day to truly celebrate the Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord.May I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and holy Easter.

Yours in Christ

Our Vision: A family, rooted in Christ, committed to transforming lives by:Gathering as God’s people – Growing more like Jesus – Going out in the power of the Spirit.


HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES 2014 ST HILARY’S KILLAY & ST MARTIN’S DUNVANT

9.30am Holy Eucharist & Blessing of the Palms (St Martin’s) 10.30am Holy Eucharist & Blessing of Palms (St Hilary’s starting from the Hall) 6.00pm A Service for Palm Sunday (Siloam Baptist Church) Monday of Holy Week (April 14th) (St Hilary’s) 7.00pm Holy Eucharist & Address ….. (Fr. Tim) Tuesday of Holy Week (April 15th) (St Hilary’s) 7.00pm Stations of the Cross & Address …... (Fr. Tim) Wednesday of Holy Week (April 16th) (St Hilary’s Hall) 7.00pm A Passover Meal Maundy Thursday (April 17th) 11.00am Holy Eucharist (St Hilary’s) 7.30pm Sung Eucharist & Address …..(Fr. Tim.)(St Hilary’s)

Followed by the Vigil Watch to 10.00pm

Good Friday (April 18th) 10.30am A service for Good Friday (St Martin’s) 10.15am Activity Morning for Children leading on to 12.00pm Hot Cross Bun service followed by refreshments 1.00pm A procession of Witness from St Nicholas Court 2.00pm The Celebration of our Lord’s Passion

…..(Fr. Tim) (St Hilary’s)

Holy Saturday (April 20th) 7.30pm Easter Vigil & Eucharist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

8.00am Holy Eucharist (St. Hilary’s) 9.00am Sung Eucharist (St Martin’s)

10.30am Sung Eucharist (St Hilary’s) No Evening Service

Monday of 10.00am Holy Eucharist (St Hilary’s) Easter Week Easter Week

Tuesday of 10.00am Holy Eucharist (St Hilary’s) Easter Week Easter Week T Thursday of 11.00am Holy Eucharist (St Hilary Easter Week Easter Week

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Pram Group every Monday 1pm -‐ 3pm (term times only)

Interviews every Monday 6pm – 7pm

Music Society 2nd Monday 7.30pm

Mothers’ Union 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 2pm

Brownies every Tuesday 6pm

Luncheon Club every Wednesday 11am -‐ 2pm

Ladies’ Guild every Wednesday 7.30pm

Bowls every Friday evening 7pm -‐ 10pm

Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd Friday in the month at 2pm in the Choir VestrySimeon Fellowship last Tuesday of the month at 7.15 pm at Dunvant Rugby Club


Monthly DiaryApril 2014

6th 10.30am Lent 5 Passion Sunday6.00pm Evensong

13th 10.30am Lent 6 Palm Sunday6.00pm Combined Evensong with Siloam

14th -‐ 19th Holy Week

20th 10.30am Easter Day6.00pm Evensong

27th 10.30am Second Sunday of Easter6.00pm Evensong


Rotas for April 2014Readers at Morning Eucharist6th 1st Marian Williams 13th 1st Bill Ivey 2nd Jim Proudfoot20th 1st Eileen Nielsen 2nd Margaret Thomas27th 1st Ken James 2nd John Williams

Offertory Procession6th Junior Church13th Barbara & Eric Thomas20th Glenys & David Vaughan27th Margaret Thomas & Julie Cole

Altar Flowers6th LENT13th Palm Sunday LENT20th Easter Day -‐ Flower Guild27th Memory of Esme Williams

Sidespersons

April Mike & Phil Smith, Gillian Hutchinson, Roger ReesMay Jim & Jan Proudfoot, David Jones, Angela Reed

Coffee Sylvia Powell

Sponsor for Bread & Wine Eileen Nielsen

Church Cleaning Glenda Penzer & Teresa Garner


St Martin’s Church DunvantApril 2014

Date Service Time Sidesperson Reader

6th Holy Eucharist 8.00am E Graves D Morgan

13th Sung Eucharist 9.00am G Lewis L Lewis

18th Good Friday Service 10.00am C Williams H Lumsdaine

20th Sung Eucharist Easter 9.00am S Charles-‐Phillips E Harris

27th Sung Eucharist 9.00am R Draisey M Draisey

Altar Flowers

6th LENT

13th Palm Sunday LENT

20th Easter Day Christine Dardecker

27th Margaret Williams

Bread & Wine

Carole Lewis

We pray especially for:-‐

Kath SmithCran.

Parish NewsWe pray for all who are ill at this time or in Nursing Homes – particularly remembering those being cared for at home and those who are caring for them: Phyllis Harries, Emlyn Bawden, Peter Dickman, Joan Davies, Beattie Loosemore, Joyce Leonard, Olwen & John Iles, Joan Dobbs and Graham Treharne. Barbara Jones is now at home.

Congratulations to Eddie Rowe on the birth of a great grandson, Ricco, born to his grand-‐daughter Victoria and her husband, Marco.

We send our love and sympathy to Eileen Wilson on the death of her nephew Dr Richard Knight -‐ he lived in Solihull. Eileen has suffered a number of losses of family loved ones recently and she is in our prayers.

William Arthur Riseborough: We were all sad to learn of the death of Bill; we send our love and sympathy to Jane, son Bill and family and daughter Helen and family.Bill was born in Darling, Co Durham in 1922 and was educated in Farnham, Surrey. He joined the Royal Navy in 1937 and served until aged 50. He served as an Engineer Officer on destroyers and the submarine service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific throughout the second world war and, in peace time, on frigates and destroyers. He came to live in Swansea in 1972 with the love of his life, his wife Jane; she had served as a Royal Marine Leading Wren. He joined Unit Inspection as an engineer and later as a successful Engineering Consultant. He retired completely at age 72 years. Bill had great pleasure in the company of his four extremely talented grandchildren, Scott, Luke, Sophie & George. On his 80th birthday, he received from Jane, a mountain bike; she did not see much of him after that, he was seldom at home! Aged 84, he obtained a degree as a BA in Humanities. He was chairman of Killay Probus Club and secretary & treasurer of St Hilary’s Music Society. He played the organ at St Martin’s Church (he had also served there as a warden) and, on occasions, played at St Hilary’s. He served the Parish as a true and faithful servant and will be sadly missed by us all.


PLEASE PUT THESE PROPOSED DATES FOR EVENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR IN YOUR DIARIES. Full details will be announced later:

MAY Italian EveningJUNE Abbey Players -‐ shared event with the ParishJUNE Summer Fayre

Also in the SUMMER MONTHS we will hold an afternoon tea party and a ‘Pudding afternoon’.

SEPTEMBER Day trip to Salisbury CathedralSEPTEMBER Harvest Supper & QuizOCTOBER French EveningNOVEMBER Beetle DriveDECEMBER St Nicholas Fayre

Please remember CHRISTIAN AID WEEK -‐ 11th May 2014.Your support is always appreciated.

To any member of our church family who is not feeling well or is distressed at this time, please contact Father Tim.

There are a small number of trained pastoral care visitors in our Parish who will always try to accommodate a request.


New drivers are needed to help out with the Luncheon Club. If you are able to help, please ring Andy Gill on Tel: 296275

VOLUNTEERS REQUIREDfor church cleaning rota.Only a few hours a month. It’s not hard work and gives a pleasant sense of satisfaction seeing our church clean and shining.


Why Easter will never go awayHow do you make sense of the Resurrection? Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise?At the end of St Luke’s Gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4). This is highly significant. The Gospels do not show us a group of disciples who were in a receptive frame of mind. After the crucifixion, they were in hiding, frightened and scattered. Then suddenly, they came out of hiding and were totally different; excited, joyful. By Pentecost they were confident, with one firm message: “You crucified Jesus, but God raised him up!”How did they know this? Because of experience. Some of them had visited the tomb of Jesus: it was empty. Others claimed to have seen and touched the risen Lord. Were they hallucinating? People can hallucinate in groups – when taking drugs, for example. But of course each one will see a different hallucination. But the disciples all saw the same thing. Or rather, the same person. Jesus.Were they lying? Jesus had died a humiliating death as a criminal. Perhaps they wanted to rescue his good name. So did they pretend they had seen him?This theory has a big problem. Their preaching led them into trouble with the authorities. They were beaten and imprisoned and some of them killed. People will die for ideas and causes which they believe in passionately. But not for things they have made up. We might suffer for our convictions, we will not suffer for our inventions.What about the ‘swoon’ theory? That Jesus didn’t die on the cross, despite terrible wounds. He recovered in the tomb, and escaped. The disciples nursed him back to health. But Roman soldiers

knew when a man was dead; and there was the guard on the tomb. Also, the events which followed simply don’t fit.If the disciples had been hiding Jesus, they would have kept very low-‐key, and out of the way, so that the authorities did not come after him again.Besides, to preach that God had raised Jesus from the dead – which is exactly what they did preach – would have been a lie. Beatings and threat of death would soon have loosened their tongues. Inventions crumble under pressure; convictions hold fast.Another reason for believing in the Resurrection is this: Jesus’ continuing impact. Thousands and soon millions of

people in every generation since have shared an inescapable sense of being ‘accompanied’ through life. Though unseen, they identify this presence as the Risen Lord.Sometimes this experience of meeting Jesus is gentle and fitful. Sometimes it is dramatic and life-‐changing. This reminds us that the resurrection of Jesus

is not just an interesting historical puzzle. It is a vital present day reality. It brings wonderful comfort, assuring us of the central Christian truths: death is dead; Jesus is alive; God is love.This central notion was captured, most movingly, by the great Albert Schweitzer: “He came to those men who knew him not. He speaks to us the same word: ‘Follow thou me’, and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the suffering which they shall pass through in his fellowship, and, as ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience who He is.”Have a joyful – and a challenging – Easter


Music Society Our March meeting marked the return visit of Mr Peter Conibear talking about ‘A Life in Music’ (cont).When he was with us last year, Peter told us that his love of music started when he realized he could escape from lessons at school if he could play a musical instrument, so he learnt to play several instruments and joined the Glamorgan Youth Orchestra. When he was conscripted to the Army, he became involved with the Army Music Military Band eventually becoming Band Master.This year Peter told us about the Bandstand Concerts that the Army gave every summer in the UK, a favourite venue of his being Bournemouth. They would put on several concerts over a couple of weeks and they were not allowed to play any piece of music twice.It was a delightful evening; I think most of us were transported back to the summers of the past, but for one of your members, Julie Cole, it really was a blast from the past as Julie had been brought up in Bournemouth and had very vivid memories of days listening to the music and also hearing the happy sounds of children playing in the park and paddling pool.The music we listened to included Knightsbridge March, Westminster Waltz, overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Buglers Holiday and Evening Hymn & Sunset.There will be no April meeting so our next meeting is 12th May and it will be the return visit of Howard Mortimaire. This time his subject will be Julie Andrews.

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Ladies GuildWe were pleased to welcome church members, Megan and Gledwyn Jones, when they came along on 26th February, to tell us about their experiences in the Southern USA and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.Their tour in 2012, included a visit to Alabama, Georgia, where the civil rights protests of the 1960's began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. The result was a 381 day, non violent protest by black Americans, strongly supported by Martin Luther King, resulting in the repeal of bus segregation laws. From there, Megan and Gledwyn travelled to Tennessee where they visited the old railway station in Chattanooga and the steepest

railway-‐line in the world. A visit to the Jack Daniels distillery was “a must” although, ironically, it is a Dry State as prohibition laws have never been repealed. The tour included Nashville and Tupelo, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, also his home and recording studio in Memphis, the city where Martin Luther King was assassinated. They took a ride on a Mississippi river boat and learned some of the history of the

American civil war at Vicksburg. In New Orleans, the day before Shrove Tuesday, the highlight of the tour was the “Mardi Gras” parades which began at 9a.m. and continued until 5p.m. Megan and Gledwyn, watched from a platform outside a restaurant; there was a break of about 20 minutes between the various groups of spectacular themed floats and dancers which were very colourful. As they passed, the participants handed gifts to onlookers. Megan brought hers to show us; a large canvas bag, weighing 14 lbs, full of strings of beads, pearl coloured, shiny purple, green and gold, several cuddly toys and an umbrella! They said it was an amazing day. Their final stop, before flying home was Houston Texas. Thank you both for a very entertaining evening.

aMarch 5th was Ash Wednesday, so members attended Eucharist in church with Father Tim followed by refreshments in the church hall.

aThe following week, the committee surprised Pam, the secretary, with a beautiful cake, donated by Gwynneth, to celebrate a significant birthday. Eileen Neilsen also appeared with a stunning basket of flowers, a gift from herself, the vicar and churchwardens. To say Pam was overwhelmed is an understatement! Thank you all sincerely.

Our speaker for the evening was John Roach, husband of committee member Joan. His subject was “A year of wild-‐flowers in a local garden”. John, a talented photographer, had photographs of the many varieties of wild flowers growing in his garden at Howells Road, beginning with arum maculatum, herb robert and bluebell shoots in January, lesser celandine in February and, in March, wild daffodils, dandelion and many more including a time-‐lapse sequence of a day in


the life of a daisy. He took us through the year month by month, and season by season showing slides of all of the gorgeous wild flowers (and weeds) describing and naming them all. There were 110 photos in all and these were followed by 8 slides of common butterflies. We all enjoyed the evening greatly and were impressed by the detail in the photography and his knowledge of his subject.

a We were entertained, on 19th March, by a delightful young man, 17 year old Sam Davies, grandson of Guild member Joyce. He is at present studying for his A levels in English and drama at Bryntawe, Welsh medium school, Penlan.Sam has been interested in acting from a very young age, his father is also an actor and his mother a theatrical dance teacher and both have supported him in his career to date. He is a very talented young man; has had leading roles since he was 9, when he took part in the Eisteddfod at Swansea. He had a lead role in a

BBC Wales film “Framed” with Trevor Eve and Eve Myles, a part in Doctor Who with Matt Smith; he has appeared in Casualty and in S4C serials Pen Talar and Gwaith Cartref. He also had a small part in a Hollywood film “Red Faction” which was filmed in Bulgaria. Last summer he had a major role in “Hightide” in which he played the son of Melanie Walters (Gwen from Gavin and Stacey). It was filmed in Gower. A member of West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, he played the boy

in “Waiting for Godo”.Although Sam is an accomplished actor, he would really prefer to be involved in becoming a film/ theatre director. He hopes to be be offered a place in RADA or a similar drama college but intends doing a degree in English Literature as he also enjoys writing. He is a very talented, confidant young man with a very lovely personality. He should go far! We wish him every success.

aOn 26th March we were delighted to welcome church members Gillian and David Hutchinson who came to tell us about their African safari and visit to Kitui in September 2013.When booking the safari, they discovered that their flight landed at Nairobi where John and Ann Ichucha now live. Gillian is the parish contact with Kitui, the village we have had prayer partnership for many years; our parish has also given financial support. Our donations paid for John's first car; he is now vicar of St Paul's in Nairobi. He kindly drove Gillian and David to Kitui to visit some of the people who benefited from our support. The village was quite large with a population of 26000. John introduced them to Emily, a widow, who received our first donation, to buy a goat, she now has the third generation of the original which is pregnant; it sleeps in her house to prevent it being stolen! They visited the St Hilary Centre for Hope, an orphanage which our donations helped build, it is also used as a teaching centre for adults. It was interesting for Gillian and David to see Kitui and be able to pass on to us an idea of the village.

The next stop was Tanzania, where Gillian and David visited four national parks. They stayed in well appointed lodges which were arranged along a ridge so each one had a similar view of the park; animals often strayed into the complexes so guests were escorted by guards when walking to the hotel facilities. We were shown wonderful photos of the animals -‐ elephants, lions, hippos, leopards, wildebeest gathering for migration and many more. They visited a Masai village and also the Ngorogoro crater with it's enormous flocks of flamingos, a truly amazing sight.

Thank you both for an exceptionally enjoyable evening.

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April 2nd Creative writingApril 9th Easter Evening


Clyne Deanery Mothers’ UnionThe Rev’d Carol Davies led our Spring Quiet Hour in Clyne Chapel this year and the theme was, “Peace in our world today”. The opening prayer was written by The Rev’d Cecil Kerr whose work was to “build bridges” between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. This was followed by John Williams’ music – “Hymn to the fallen”. In between the readings and prayers we listened to some more beautiful music this time by Karl Jenkins – “Agnus Dei” and “Sanctus”. John Williams “Schindler’s List” music was followed by William Wordsworth’s poem “Daffodils”. Carol arranged daffodils surrounded by candles and a further windowsill display of a cross, daffodils and a red drape to symbolise the blood of Christ. After the poem we listened to The Choirboys recording of “Let there be peace on earth”. It was a very special time at Clyne Chapel and we are all very grateful to Carol for arranging our Quiet Hour for us.

Carole PickardLeader

Have you got something you would like to say? Read a good book? Seen a good film or play? Had a good holiday? Recommend a recipe? Gardening tips? Something interesting or funny happened to you? Tell us about it. There is a post box at the back of church – just drop in your contributions and we will share them in the magazine. Or e-‐mail to [email protected] Articles for the magazine can be submitted any time up to the last Sunday of the month for publication the following month. Roger


Passover Haggadah Wednesday 16th April 2014 at 6.30 for 7.00 pm

St Hilary’s Parish Centre Cost £5 to include drinks and food.

All Welcome.

PASSOVER HAGGADAH This is the BREAD which

The Jewish Passover recalls the exodus from Egypt and the birth of the nation of Israel. It was during the feast of the Passover that Jesus entered Jerusalem and celebrated the Last Supper, the event from which we derive the Eucharist or Mass.

Come and enjoy the service, share the food and sing traditional songs.

Sign the list at St Martin’s or St Hilary’s to enable us to cater for the correct number.

Further information from A & C Pickard or E Nielsen.


Mothers’ UnionMr Alan Oliver gave a superb presentation on March 4th about Lalique glass. His interest was fired after a visit to Paris with his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary, when they visited museums and galleries where Lalique glass was on show.Renee Lalique was born in 1860 in the Champagne region of France in the small village of Ay. He started designing at the age of 12; at 16 he was apprenticed to a jeweller; at 18 he was studying at Sydenham College in London and, at age 20, he was working as a freelance designer in Paris. Lalique designed jewellery for many famous people and French firms. Brooches in gold and enamel shaped like dragonflies and butterflies are examples of his work. His jewellery was exhibited in the Paris Exhibition after which he turned his interest to glass.Lalique married in 1886, his wife chosen by his mother because the bride’s father had a manufacturing business concerned with copper which Lalique used to colour his glass designs. Most of Lalique’s best work was done during the 1920’s and, up to the time before the second world war, he opened 2 factories for production. Several types of glass were produced, Cire Perdue included the bronze colour. We were shown some beautiful examples of Bacchantes, Savoirfaire and Opalescence in photographs taken by Alan. All pieces have the Lalique special mark in the base, are all numbered and now change hands for a great deal of money. The colours are extremely beautiful. Lalique used fish, flowers, birds and the female form in his designs. Although he did his own designs, the moulds in which the glass was made were carved by skilled artisans. We saw photographs of huge lumps of molten glass and the clay furnaces.Renee Lalique’s marriage was not happy and he met the daughter of a sculptor. They married in 1902 and 2 children, Mark and Suzanne, were born. He opened his first shop in 1911; by then he was designing perfume bottles for Coty and he exhibited in Turin. His interest extended to Art Deco and Art Nouveau and, in 1927, he started designing car mascots for car producers such as Bugatti.

Lalique died in 1945; his son took over the factory in Wenger-‐sur-‐Moder where they started producing pressed glass and re-‐designed the Lalique mark. His daughter, Suzanne, is involved in the business and it is rumoured that she posed for the famous glass piece entitled ‘Dragonfly Lady’. His work is exhibited world wide in museums and ships and famous pre-‐war continental trains. One fine example is St Matthew’s Church in Jersey, known as ‘The Glass Church’.

Our treasurer, Alan Pickard, thanked Mr Oliver for such an enlightening presentation.


On March 18th, we were delighted to welcome back Dr David Lloyd to give a Lenten talk on the two important things in his life, his Christian faith and his medical career. Dr Lloyd is a local GP and a lay preacher on the Baptist ministry circuit. He began by asking what makes people happy? An important point to life is our Christian faith. Faith makes people less anxious and depressed. As a GP, he sees an average of 50 people daily; half will have emotional problems; 25% of the population are unable to sleep at night. His advice is to list 3 priorities for the day and deal with them. He quoted Matthew Chapter 6 -‐ ‘sufficient unto the day’... As our population becomes more secular, there is a lot of angst in the world today; it is a case of ‘why me?’ If we are insulted, we may seek revenge but our faith is about forgiveness. Dr Lloyd quoted, as an example, Nelson Mandela, 27 years in prison because of the colour of his skin but he was ready to forgive. We tend to forget that God is willing to forgive and forget. Dr Lloyd quoted Luke Chapter 7 -‐ Jesus forgave the sinning woman and told her that her sins were forgiven, to ‘go in peace’. He told of Luke who was a physician and cared for Paul when he was a very sick man. They travelled on many journeys by boat; Paul was always ill but Luke cared for him.Speaking of his career as a GP, Dr Lloyd has seen many changes; miracles are happening in medicine and people are living longer. Doctors must consider all aspects of the lives of patients, not just their medical needs. Life can be prolonged but, does the patient want this? The sanctity of life must be preserved; humans have souls. Patients should discuss end of life plans with the medical staff and their GP, also their religious needs with their Minister. Only one third of the population make a will but doing so would make life much easier for a terminally ill person, knowing that their wishes would be carried out, and also make life easier for the family. Dr Lloyd feels that the hospice movement is the way forward with better paliative care not, as in some more secular countries, voluntary euthanasia (e.g. Dignitas). Christian doctors are not allowed to pray with patients unless specifically asked to do so, or they could end up in court if a complaint is made against them.Treasurer Alan Pickard thanked Dr Lloyd for his talk and said it had given everyone much to think about.

Dates for April:Tues 1st 2:00 pm Meeting A Lenten talk by Rev David WatkinsApril 14th -‐ 19th Holy WeekTues 22nd 2:00 pm Meeting The Metropolitan Police -‐ Mrs Helen Jones

Reminder:Fri May 2nd 11:00 am Clyne Deanery Eucharist at St Mary’s -‐ Fr Tim Williams


13 Palm Sunday: Jesus at the gates of Jerusalem

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, when the Church remembers how Jesus arrived at the gates of Jerusalem just a few days before the Passover was due to be held. He was the Messiah come to his own people in their capital city, and yet he came in humility, riding on a young donkey, not in triumph, riding on a war-‐horse.

As Jesus entered the city, the crowds gave him a rapturous welcome, throwing palm fronds into his path. They knew his reputation as a healer, and welcomed him. But sadly the welcome was short-‐lived and shallow, for Jerusalem would soon reject her Messiah, and put him to death. On this day churches worldwide will distribute little crosses made from palm fronds in memory of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem.

17 Maundy Thursday – time to wash feet

Maundy Thursday is famous for two things. The first is one of the final acts that Jesus did before his death: the washing of his own disciples’ feet. (see John 13) Jesus washed his disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” His disciples were to love through service, not domination, of one another.

In Latin, the opening phrase of this sentence is ‘mandatum novum do vobis’. The word ‘mundy’ is thus a corruption of the Latin ‘mandatum’ (or command). The ceremony of the ‘washing of the feet’ of members of the congregation came to be an important part of the liturgy (regular worship) of the medieval church, symbolising the humility of the clergy, in obedience to the example of Christ.

But Thursday was also important because it was on that night that Jesus first introduced the Lord’s Supper, or what we nowadays call Holy Communion. Jesus and his close friends had met in a secret upper room to share the Passover meal together -‐ for the last time. And there Jesus transformed the Passover into the Lord’s Supper, saying, ‘this is my body’ and ‘this is my blood’ as he, the Lamb of God, prepared to die for the sins of the whole world. John’s gospel makes it clear that the Last Supper took place the evening BEFORE the regular Passover meal, and that later Jesus died at the same time that the Passover lambs were killed.

18 Good Friday – the day the Son of God died for you

Good Friday is the day on which Jesus died on the cross. He was crucified at 9am in the morning, and died six hours later, at 3pm. It is the most solemn day in the Christian year, and is widely marked by the removal of all decorations from churches. In Lutheran churches, the day was marked by the reading of the passion narrative in a gospel, a practice which lies behind the ‘passions’ composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Both the St Matthew Passion and the St John Passion have their origins in this observance of Good Friday.


The custom of observing a period of three hours’ devotion from 12 midday to 3 pm on Good Friday goes back to the 18th century. The ‘Three Hours of the Cross’ often take the form of an extended meditation on the ‘Seven Last Words from the Cross’, with periods of silence, prayer, or hymn-‐singing.

20 EASTER – the most joyful day of the year

Easter is the most joyful day of the year for Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are forgiven. Christ has risen! We are redeemed! We can look forward to an eternity in his joy! Hallelujah!

The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of their lives they will be still be ‘growing’ in their Christian walk with God.

Why does the date more around so much? Because the date of Passover moves around, and according to the biblical account, Easter is tied to the Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and it lasts for seven days, from the middle of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which equates to late March or early April.

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to use the Hebrew lunar calendar to come up with firm dates for Good Friday: Friday 7 April 30 AD or Friday 3 April, 33 AD, with Easter Day falling two days later. Modern scholars continue to think these the most likely.

Most people will tell you that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is broadly true. But the precise calculations are complicated and involve something called an ‘ecclesiastical full moon’, which is not the same as the moon in the sky. The earliest possible date for Easter in the West is 22 March, which last fell in 1818 and won’t fall again until 2285. The latest is 25 April, which last happened in 1943 and is next due in 2038.

Why the name, ‘Easter’? In almost every European language, the festival’s name comes from ‘Pesach’, the Hebrew word for Passover. The Germanic word ‘Easter’, however, seems to come from Eostre, a Saxon fertility goddess mentioned by the Venerable Bede. He thought that the Saxons worshipped her in ‘Eostur month’, but may have confused her with the classical dawn goddesses like Eos and Aurora, whose names mean ‘shining in the east’. So Easter might have meant simply ‘beginning month’ – a good time for starting up again after a long winter.

Finally, why Easter eggs? On one hand, they are an ancient symbol of birth in most European cultures. On the other hand, hens start laying regularly again each Spring. Since eggs were forbidden during Lent, it’s easy to see how decorating and eating them became a practical way to celebrate Easter.


EATING 50/60 YEARS AGO(BET YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN MOST OF THEM)

Pasta had not been invented.Curry was a surname.A takeaway was a mathematical problem.A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.Brown bread was something only poor people ate.Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.Only Heinz made beans.Fish didn't have fingers in those days.Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.Healthy food consisted of anything edible.People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.Indian restaurants were only found in India.Cooking outside was called camping.Seaweed was not a recognised food."Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.Prunes were medicinal.Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one. Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock.The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties .... was elbows!

Twmpath - 1st March 2014What do The Belfast Duck, Siege of Ennis and Strip the Willow have in common? They were all dances performed by a packed house who attended the Twmpath held in St Hilary’s Parish Centre on St Davids Day.

Around 70 people ranging in age from 8 months to 80+ thoroughly enjoyed themselves at a Welsh themed evening. The caller Huw John from Carmarthen demonstrated great patience in teaching the dances before they were danced through at normal speed accompanied by Welsh folk music.

Midway through the evening we broke for a well earned rest and refreshment with everyone tucking in to a hearty bowl of Welsh Cawl (kindly supplied and cooked by David Vaughan).

Fully replenished and following a raffle (no fruit bowl!) we carried on dancing through until 10:30pm. Everyone appeared to enjoy the evening which at times had people crying with laughter at the antics on the dance floor.

My thanks to Eileen Nielsen, Mr & Mrs Colin Williams and everyone else who contributed to a successful evening that netted the Church £402.

Nigel Fletcher, Killay Community Council


Hi handsome -‐ My name is RoseThe first day of university our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-‐seven years old. Can I give you a hug?' I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.. 'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked. She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids.' 'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. 'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began, 'We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humour every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-‐seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-‐eight. Anybody! Can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.' She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.' She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those months ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. REMEMBER, -‐ GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give.


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Church ServicesSt Hilary’s

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3rd Sunday 10.30am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Evensong

4th Sunday 10.30am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Healing Service

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